Hairy Bracket
Trametes hirsuta · Family Polyporaceae · Updated October 2026
2,180US records
49states
Octbusiest month
2,180 US records since 1829 (397 in the last 10 years)
Last seen Sep 5, 2026 (about 7 weeks ago) in Afton State Park, MN, photographed by an iNaturalist user, with the ID agreed on by other iNaturalist users (research grade). Most US records come from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, and the busiest months are Oct, Aug and Sep. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)
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When it's recorded
Records by month, all years. Busiest: Oct, Aug, Sep.
Where it's recorded
Top counties
- Tompkins County, NY (47) · latest Mar 12, 2025
- Mercer County, NJ (39) · latest May 4, 2019
- Dane County, WI (37) · latest Feb 4, 2024
- Sussex County, NJ (37) · latest Sep 28, 2019
- Hamilton County, OH (33) · latest Sep 24, 1966
- Ocean County, NJ (32) · latest Oct 26, 2019
- Cook County, IL (29) · latest Mar 15, 2025
- Champaign County, IL (28) · latest Apr 28, 1978
- Burlington County, NJ (24) · latest Dec 17, 2022
- Morris County, NJ (24) · latest Jul 20, 2019
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